Thursday, September 3, 2015

Head exploding irony: WH spokesman Josh Earnest, "No public official that is above the rule of law”

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday
afternoon that no public official, including the Kentucky county clerk
who was jailed earlier in the day for refusing to give marriage licenses
to same-sex couples, is above the law.

Kim Davis, a clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky, was found in contempt of court and taken into federal custody Thursday.

Earnest told reporters during his daily
media briefing that he had not yet talked with President Obama about
Davis being taken into custody.

“On principle, the success of our
democracy depends on the rule of law. And there is no public official
that is above the rule of law,” Earnest said. “Certainly not the
President of the United States, but neither is the Rowan County clerk.
That’s a principle that is enshrined in our Constitution and in our
democracy and it’s one that obviously the courts are seeking to uphold.”